A design-based framework for optimal stratification using super-population models with application on real data set of breast cancer. by Faizan Danish

“…This study investigates the determination of stratification points for two study variables within the framework of simple random sampling, with a focus on estimating the population mean using a closely related auxiliary variable. …”
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Performance evaluation, prediction analysis and optimization of experimental ORC using artificial neural networks (ANN) by Diki Ismail Permana, Federico Fagioli, Maurizio De Lucia, Dani Rusirawan, Istvan Farkas

“…This research addresses these challenges using machine learning, specifically an artificial neural network (ANN), a self-learning and nonlinear method capable of approximating complex functions, making it ideal for ORC prediction models. …”
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Using hierarchical drift diffusion models to elucidate computational mechanisms of reduced reward sensitivity in adolescent major depressive disorder by Lei Shen, Ya-xin Hu, Qin-yu Lv, Zheng-hui Yi, Jing-bo Gong, Chao Yan

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A one year longitudinal study of cortical myelination changes following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury by Jessica R. McQuaid, Tracey V. Wick, Josef Ling, Andrew B. Dodd, Divyasree Sasi Kumar, Upasana Nathaniel, Samuel D. Miller, Vadim Zotev, Harm J. van der Horn, John P. Phillips, Richard A. Campbell, Robert E. Sapien, Timothy B. Meier, Andrew R. Mayer

“…Data were obtained from pmTBI (N = 217) participants at approximately 7 days (Visit 1 [V1]), 4 months (Visit 2 [V2]), and 1 year (Visit 3 [V3]) post-injury, with equivalent sampling points for age and sex-matched HC (N = 180). Clinical results suggested only partial recovery from post-concussive symptoms from V1 to V3, with similar incomplete recovery of sleep, functional outcomes, behavior, and long-term memory. …”
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Consensus of Return-to-Play Criteria After Adductor Longus Injury in Professional Soccer by José Luis Estévez Rodríguez, Jesús Rivilla García, Sergio L. Jiménez-Sáiz, Sergio Jiménez-Rubio

“…The protocol, divided into clinical, functional, and performance criteria, was assessed using a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Power Distribution in Transmissions of Forestry and Transport Wheeled Vehicles by Roman Yu. Dobretsov, Svetlana B. Dobretsova, Sergey A. Voinash, Viktoria A. Sokolova

“…It has been shown that kinematic and force analysis makes it possible to evaluate the influence of mechanical forces and movements on the functioning of the device. The points on the main links of the mechanism have been identified to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the design. …”
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Effect of Bio-Based, Mixed Ester Lubricant in Minimum Quantity Lubrication on Tool Wear and Surface Integrity in Ultra-Precision Fly-Cutting of KDP Crystals by Xuelian Yao, Feihu Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Jianfeng Zhang, Defeng Liao, Xiangyang Lei, Jian Wang, Jianbiao Du

“…Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals, vital for high-power laser systems, pose significant machining challenges due to their brittleness, low hardness, and hygroscopic properties. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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Disparities between native americans and white individuals in global outcome trajectories over the 5 years after traumatic brain injury: A model systems study. by Jack D Watson, Paul B Perrin, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…<h4>Method</h4>The current study used a sample of 75 Native Americans demographically matched by sex, age, and injury severity to 75 White individuals from the U.S. …”
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Contact with a Nurse Practitioner: A Short-Term Evaluation Study in Parkinson’s Disease and Dystonia by M. Jahanshahi, R. G. Brown, C. Whitehouse, N. Quinn, C. D. Marsden

“…Patients in each group were randomly allocated to “intervention” or “control” groups, which were matched on important variables. All patients completed a set of questionnaires relating to psychosocial function at two time points separated by 6 months. …”
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Improving photovoltaic water pumping system performance with PSO-based MPPT and PSO-based direct torque control using real-time simulation by Ikram Saady, Btissam Majout, Badre Bossoufi, Mohammed Karim, Ismail Elkafazi, Safae Merzouk, Mishari Metab Almalki, Thamer A. H. Alghamdi, Paweł Skruch, Anton Zhilenkov, Saleh Mobayen

“…The first controller utilizes a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-based Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique to maximize the photovoltaic array’s output under varying irradiance conditions. …”
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Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Psychological Interventions May Not Make the Difference in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain by Perlman L, Malka N, Terry O, Nguyen A, Guimarães Ferreira Fonseca L, Ingelmo JI, Ingelmo P

“…We found no meaningful difference between the use of non-CBT psychological intervention and no treatment in the incidence of PGIC 6– 7 points, pain intensity, school attendance, physical function, suicidality, and cause of end of treatment. …”
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Mutual human-robot understanding for a robot-enhanced society: the crucial development of shared embodied cognition by Giulio Sandini, Alessandra Sciutti, Pietro Morasso

“…Scientific and technological innovations are needed within a highly multidisciplinary framework, with a critical integration strategy and functional characterization that must ask a fundamental question: the design of autonomous, intelligent, collaborative robots should aim at a unified single template to be mass-produced including a standard setup procedure for the functional adaptation of any single prototype, or should the design aim at “baby” robots with a minimal set of sensory-motor-cognitive capabilities as the starting point of a training and educational process in close connection with human companions (masters, partners, final users)? …”
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Can non-human primates extract the linear trend from a noisy scatterplot? by Lorenzo Ciccione, Thomas Dighiero-Brecht, Nicolas Claidière, Joël Fagot, Stanislas Dehaene

“…Many baboons successfully learned this conditional match-to-sample task, and their accuracy varied as a sigmoid function of the t-value of the regression, the same statistical index upon which humans also base their answers. …”
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Development and Investigation of Vision System for a Small-Sized Mobile Humanoid Robot in a Smart Environment by Amer Tahseen Abu-Jassar, Hani Attar, Ayman Amer, Vyacheslav Lyashenko, Vladyslav Yevsieiev, Ahmed Solyman

“…The decentralization of the servomotor control and the computer vision systems is investigated based on the hardware solution point of view, moreover, the required software level to achieve an efficient matched design is obtained. …”
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Testosterone replacement in young male cancer survivors: A 6-month double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial. by Jennifer S Walsh, Helen Marshall, Isabelle L Smith, Diana M Greenfield, Jayne Swain, Emma Best, James Ashton, Julia M Brown, Robert Huddart, Robert E Coleman, John A Snowden, Richard J Ross

“…A dose titration was performed after 2 weeks. The coprimary end points were trunk fat mass and SF36 Physical Functioning score (SF36-PF) at 26 weeks by intention to treat. …”
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The Ethical Significance of Brain-Computer Interfaces as Enablers of Communication by Toma Gruica

“…In this latter case, the BCI functions ethically by creating the very possibility for ethical engagement where none previously existed. …”
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Numerical simulation of UGS facilities rebuilt from oil reservoirs based on the coupling of seepage and temperature fields by HE Haiyan, LIU Xianshan, GENG Shaoyang, SUN Junchang, SUN Yanchun, JIA Qian

“…Peak shaving and supply guarantee are the functions of Underground Gas Storage（UGS）. The accurate prediction of the UGS construction index is related to the number of new wells and investments. …”
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Molecular properties of linear amino acids in water by Roman Boča, Richard Imrich, Juraj Štofko, Beáta Vranovičová, Cyril Rajnák

“…Abstract Four linear amino acids of increased separation of the carboxyl and amino groups, namely glycine (aminoacetic acid), β-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), GABA (4-aminobutanoic acid) and DAVA (5-aminopentanoic acid), have been studied by quantum chemical ab initio and DFT methods including the solvent effect in order to get electronic structure and molecular descriptors, such as ionisation energy, electron affinity, molecular electronegativity, chemical hardness, electrophilicity index, dipole moment, quadrupole moment and dipole polarizability. Thermodynamic functions (zero-point energy, inner energy, enthalpy, entropy, and the Gibbs energy) were evaluated after the complete vibrational analysis at the true energy minimum provided by the full geometry optimization. …”
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